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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

So the purpose of this is rather silly... I just want to pull the preinstalled system wallpapers from /usr/share/backgrounds so I can pull them into GIMP and better recolor it to my purple UI coloring.

Where I'm finding issues... is accessing it via GUI applications. sudo nautilus, which I swear used to open to root, now opens to a folder where all I can see is a "snap" folder with no access to root.

While I would like a GUI way of doing this (let me make my own mistakes in my tinkerer's environment, for goodness sake), I'm open to terminal ways... just... again, I prefer a GUI method.

So far, I'd tried the aforementioned sudo nautilus to that result, also tried to use install dolphin and sudo dolphin but get Executing Dolphin with sudo is not possible due to unfixable security vulnerabilities.

I just want a GUI-accessible way to view these root folders.

RabblerouserGT
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While I'm not sure if this is proper etiquette to answer my own question like this, I tried, to no avail, things like nautilus admin:/// and hit a permission error.

My solution was to install Nemo, a Nautilus fork used in Linux Mint, which enables you to explore things using the "File System" tab on the left.

One minor issue: Just warning in case anyone goes this route, you'll have two "Files" apps in your app picker. ️ One is Nautilus, the other is Nemo.

RabblerouserGT
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